Combined awning and shade



June 3, 1930.

: COMBINED AWNING AND SHADE E. L. DRONBERGER 1,760,899

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 6, 1926 WITNESS mmmmmmunummn INVENTOR We ATTORNEY J1me 1930- E. L. DRONBERGER 1,7

COMBINED AWNING AND SHADE Filed Noy. 6, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented June 3, 1930 Ubiili at rricr.

COMBINED AVTNING AND SHADE Application filed November 6, 1926.

his invention relates to combined awnings and shades for use upon motor vehicles 1' the windows therefor and adapted to swung to position upon the opposed sides of the windowsto serve the intended purposes.

iinother object of the invention comprehends an operating mechanism to swing the device in a desired position.

A further object of the invention contemplates a locking mechanism for sustaiiiing the operating means in a desired position when the device is called into use.

More specifically stated the device is wound 1 upon aroller member journaled within a window frame and from which the device is extended and retracted for active use.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details ofconstruction to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective of a motor vehicle illustrating the application of t ne invention thereon. igure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken througha motor vehicle window frame and illustrating by the several dotted lines, the various positions at which the device may be positioned when called into active use.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken through the roller member and a portion of the operating and locking means.

Figure 4 is a perspective of the locking and operating mechanism.

Figures 5 and 6 are detailed views of a modified form of the invention utilizing bracket plates when the device is applied upon motor vehicle windows devoid of moulding strips.

Referring to the drawings in detail, where in like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 in dicates a portion of a motor vehicle preferably aclosed model having plate glass panels slidably mounted within resilient guide grooves 11 provided in the and-top rails of a window frame therefon The par icular Serial No. 146,760.

vehicle is provided with moulding strips 12 disposed within the frame and rearwardly of the grooves 11; all of the above is of the usual and Well known construction peculiar to that of motor vehicles and which forms no part of the present application for Letters Patent but which is merely mentioned for purposes of illustration in bringing forward the novel advantages of the aboveentitled invention. The invention contemplates a roller memher 13 having trunnions carried at the respective ends thereof positioned within openings provided upon the inner sides of the side moulding strips from which position said roller may beconveniently manipulated. A length of material such as indicated at 14 embodying the characteristics and propensities substantially that of the constituents of awning material iswound upon said roller 13. The outer edge of said strip forms a pocket '15. A substantially inverted U- shaped operating member 16 has the yoke portion thereof received within the pocket 15. The extremities of the arms formed by said member 16 terminate to provide indented disks 17. v r y In the application of the invention upon the particular type of vehicle the side rails of the window frameare removed to permit the insertion of bolt members 16 therethrough from the inner sides thereof and to position the heads therefor against the inner sides thereof. The outer threaded ends thereof are inwardly disposed from the side rails of the window-frameand passed centrally of 5 the disks 17 subsequent to that of companion disk members 18 providing embossed portions 19 adapted for reception within the indentations of the disks 17. Oil-set ears 20 are carried upon the peripheries of the disks 18 and adapted for reception within vcutout portions provided in the outer surfaces of the m'ould-- ing strips to prevent accidental circumferential 1novement.;- Compression springs 21, washers 22 and wing nuts 23'are received upon the outer ends of the bolts 16 and adapt ed .to force the indented disks 17 outwardly through the tension of the springs 21 in order that the embossed portions of the disks I... be properly engaged and received within the indentations of the disks 17. Such arrangement will permit the operating arm 16 to be swung and locked in any of the positions as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings.

As illustrated, the operating arm maybe swung outwardly or inwardly of the Window frame and to be utilized either as an awning or a curtain when swung to the respective positions substantially as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings. Due'to the fact that the invention is mounted upon the inner sides of the grooves 11, the glass panels,- not shown, for the window, whenraised, will prevent the device from being tampered with by unauthorized persons.

In Figures i-and 6 of thedrawings, I have illustrated a modified form of the invention primarily adapted for use upon vehicles not having removable rail sections.

' In order to providemeans for the application of the invention upon such frames I employ angle plates 24 which are adapted to lie flush with the inner sides of the window frames and have the ofiset portions thereof disposed outwardly Within the opening in the frame and adjacent the glass panel. Llhe trunnions fora roller 13 are carried within the openings provided in such offset end portions.

Likewise the identical form of operating echanism is utilized in conjunction with the modified form of the invention and upon an angle plate disposed in: a like manner -to that of theplates 24:. The companion disks 18 as used in the preferred form of the invention, are of no effect in the application of the modified form of the invention and hence the functional duties of such disks are embodied in the inwardly oifset'end portions of the plates 25. It will thus be noted in the foregoing description and accompanying drawings that the invention may be equally and effectually as well applied upon vehicles constructed with, or without window frame 7 sections.

'I he pawl and ratchet connections, as prov ded for the flattened forms or types of trunnions inthe conventional forms of shade rol lers, are omitted n the present invention al" though the identical form of roller is employed whereby the spring in the roller perse, after the roller is set inthe window opening in the door of the car,.wi'll exercise a constant tension upon the awning rolled thereoninas- Inuchas the member-l6 is held stationary in cident to the connectionestablished between the disk members 17- and 18 respectively.

"The invention susceptible of various changes inits form, proportions and minor details of construction, andthe right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the'appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what 1s clalmed 1s:

A combination awning and shade bracket for use upon motor vehicles comprising a substantially inverted U-shaped member, indented disks carried upon the opposite ends of the member, disks having embossed portions arranged in circuitous courses thereon and adapted for reception within the indentations of the first mentioned disks, ears olfset at right-angles from the peripheries of the embossed disks being adapted for reception within portions removed in the window openings, pivot bolts carried by the window construction passed centrally through the associated disks, springs carried upon the pivot bolts for the U-shaped member and abutting the adjacent faces of the first mentioned disks, and means carried upon the pivot bolts to regulate tension of the springs against the disks.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' EFFIE L. DRONBERGER. 

